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About Benjamin F. Blackwood
LaGrange, MO. Sept. 18, 1922 (?)
One of the most important social events of the year at LaGrange occurred on Friday when the family and friends of Mr. and Mrs. B .F. Blackwood met at their beautiful home in north LaGrange to celebrate their golden wedding.
The day was ideal and arrangements had been made for the entertainment of a large number of guests. Everywhere there were decorations of goldenrod and ferns and seats were scattered about the grounds.
The celebration began with the serving of luncheon to the out of town relatives and intimate friends. Seventy plates were served.
In the early afternoon other guests began to arrive and by mid-afternoon 179 names had been signed on the register of the guests.
At 3 o’clock a solo was sung by C.D. Blackwood after which the strains of the wedding march played by Miss Helen Brost, the bride and groom of fifty years appeared on the porch. The bride was preceded by a granddaughter who scattered goldenrod in front of her and was attended by a little great granddaughter.
The groom was led by a little grandson as ring bearer. Back of them came the children, grandchildren and other immediate relatives.
When the party reached the center of the porch, the marriage vows they had taken years ago were renewed. Rev. W.K. Moore assisted by Rev. J.H. Piper officiating. The groom then made a short and tender talk recalling the courtship and marriage fifty years before and of his love and confidence of their journey together through the years and closed with an expression of their appreciation for the many tokens they had received, of the love of their neighbors and friends. $162.56 in gold lay upon their table and other gifts, all priceless because of what they meant in love and esteem were given.
After congratulations and good wishes, the guests mingled on the grounds and in the house to visit together or to enjoy the refreshments that were provided for all.
The gathering of so many guests and their congratulations were evidence of the esteem and honor in which the Blackwoods are held, not only by LaGrange but wherever they are known.
The children present with their families were: Mrs. T.C.Mayes, Hunnwell, MO, T.D. Blackwood, Shelbyville, MO., E.T. Blackwood, Chanute, KS, Miss Edda Blackwood, LaGrange, MO, Mrs. W.R. Harvey. Sand Springs, OK, C.D. Blackwood, Chanute, KS. One son. B.F. Blackwood of California was unable to attend.
A brother, George Blackwood of Buffalo, KS with his daughter Mrs. R.M. White and a sister, Mrs. Belle Roney, Uric, MO were present.
BLACKWOOD CHILD HURT NEAR MACON
Family on Way to Kansas - Car Goes Over Bank
(Special to the Herald
Shelbyville, MO., Sept. 18
A wire from Kansas City, Sunday, stated that surgeons had advised removal of the left eye of little Mary Alice (Barbara Alice), three year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E.T. Blackwood, who was injured in an automobile accident near Macon Saturday. The wire was received by a brother of Mr. Blackwood, T.D. Blackwood, living near Shelbyville who the Kansas relatives had been visiting.
Weeds Caused Accident.
Macon, MO, Sept. 18
Weeds on the roadside were the cause of a pathetic accident near here about 9:30 o’clock Saturday morning. Mr. and Mrs. E.T. Blackwood and their two children, Billy 5 and Mary Alice, 3, were in a car going west on the cross-country highway. Their destination being Chanute, KS where they live.
When they reached the Salt River bridge, three miles east of town they encountered another car, going east. The driver of the east-bound car stopped and Blackwood, attempting to drive around him got into some weeds on the roadside that concealed the edge of a sharp declivity. The Blackwood car turned over, smashing the windshield. A fragment of the glass penetrated the little girl’s left eye, causing severe pain. Another piece of glass cut Billy’s ear in two and inflicted a deep gash back of the ear but he was not dangerously hurt.
A Macon physician attended to the little girl and then she was hurried to Kansas City on a Burlington train. A telegram was sent to a Kansas City eye specialist to be ready for an immediate examination.
The Blackwoods had been visiting relatives at LaGrange, MO. Blackwood says he was not driving over ten miles an hour.
The Blackwoods, Mr. and Mrs. E.T. and two children and Mr. and Mrs. Chester D Blackwood, all of Chanute, KS were on their way home Saturday when the accident occurred near Macon. They had been visiting relatives here and at LaGrange and had attended the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the wedding of Mr. and Mrs.B.F. Blackwood, the parents of the two Kansas men. Friday night was spent with a brother near Shelbyville.
After the accident, the children were rushed to Macon in Chester Blackwood’s coupe where medical attention was given. It was deemed necessary to take the girl to a Kansas City hospital at once. Both families left their motor cars and went to Kansas by rail. The coupe was brought to Shelbyville by T.D. Blackwood who will drive to Kansas later. The wrecked machine, which was driven by E.T. Blackwood, was taken to a garage in Macon. At the time of the accident T.D. Blackwood was on his way to the Olds Settlers’ reunion at Shelyville. He rushed at once to Macon.
Information on the McAfee/Blackwood relationship can be found at:
www.drizzle.com/jtenlen/mcafee/life/life1/html
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Benjamin F. Blackwood's Timeline
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April 16, 1853
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Marion County, Missouri, United States
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| 1873 |
1873
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Round Grove Twsp, Marion, Missouri, United States
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September 27, 1875
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Benbow, Marion, Missouri, United States
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1877
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January 16, 1880
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1882
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September 18, 1890
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November 6, 1892
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1900
Age 46
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